By Liam Santiago: Mexican-American legend, Oscar De La Hoya has blasted Manny Pacquiao for refusing blood tests. De La Hoya said in an article at Ring.tv, ”If Pacquiao, the toughest guy on the planet, is afraid of needles and having a few tablespoons of blood drawn from his system, then something is wrong. The guy has tattoos everywhere; he’s tattooed from top to bottom. You’re telling me he’s afraid of needles?”
Pacquiao even tattooed one his tattoo’s himself. How did he do that with his fear of needles? Oscar also said, ”C’mon. It’s only a little bit of blood. If you have nothing to hide, then do the test. And the idea that urine tests can detect HGH [Human Growth Hormone] is wrong. I talked to Travis Tygart, CEO of the USADA. He testified before Congress that anyone who says HGH can be detected by a urine test is mistaken. It can only be detected by a blood test.”
”So you have to do the blood work. If Pacquiao doesn’t want to do this and risk a possible $40-million payday because he’s afraid of needles or believes he’ll be weakened by blood tests, then that raises question marks. Now I have to wonder about him. I’m saying to myself, ‘Wow. Those Mosley punches, those Vargas punches and those Pacquiao punches all felt the same.’ I’m not saying yes or no [about whether Pacquiao might be taking performance-enhancing drugs] I’m just saying that now people have to wonder: ‘Why doesn’t he want to do this? Why is it such a big deal. A lot of eyebrows have been raised. This is not good at all.”
” I believe Mayweather wants to do the right thing, to get tested properly. He’s not doing it to harass Pacquiao; that’s garbage. I would say to Pacquiao: ‘Do the test. Do it because it’s only a couple of tablespoons. Needles don’t hurt. Just look away when they put the needle in your arm. He’ll probably lose more blood in the fight than the blood being drawn for the test.
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